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enWed, 21 Feb 2018 17:00:00 -0800Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:00:01 -0800Young woman plans emotional tribute at Voices of the Northhttp://sasknow.com/article/699174/young-woman-plans-emotional-tribute-voices-north
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/chelsie_sings.jpg?itok=TVe5KvWx" width="480" height="270" alt="Chelsie Young has travelled all the way from Edmonton to perform at this year's Voices of the North show in Prince Albert. " title="Facebook/Chelsie Young" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>One of the featured performers at this year's Voices of the North show almost didn't make it this year due to her sister's sudden, tragic death.</p>
<p>Chelsie Young, 27, who auditioned last September, almost cancelled after learning the body of her 22-year-old sister Amy Boskoyous was found on the side of a highway in the Slave Lake area in December. Despite feeling like she might be unable to sing without breaking down, Young said she knew she had to pull herself together and perform at this show.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/699174/young-woman-plans-emotional-tribute-voices-north">Read More</a>paNOW699174Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:00:00 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertTrial date set for teen accused in party stabbing http://sasknow.com/article/699146/trial-date-set-teen-accused-party-stabbing
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/cl_-_winter_-_saskatchewan_provincial_court_justice_-_Dec._11%2C_2014_-3_11_0.JPG?itok=vHQ8BWCE" width="480" height="270" alt="Three days have been aside in Prince Albert Provincial Court for the trial of the young man accused of stabbing a teen girl multiple times at an outdoor party in October. " title="File photo/paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>The youth accused of stabbing a teen girl multiple times has pleaded not guilty, and will go on trial May 30. The trial was scheduled to run for three days.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/699146/trial-date-set-teen-accused-party-stabbing">Read More</a>paNOW699146Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:00:00 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertPolice ask for help identifying carjacking suspectshttp://sasknow.com/article/699126/police-ask-help-identifying-carjacking-suspects
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/carjack_suspects.JPG?itok=tJ2Pwfzc" width="480" height="270" alt="Police have asked for help identifying the female suspects in a carjacking case. " title="Submitted photo/Prince Albert Police Service" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>Prince Albert Police have asked for help from the public identifying the suspects in a vehicle robbery dating back to last summer.</p>
<p>Police said the male victim offered a ride to the two female suspects on the evening of July 27, 2017. After making several stops, police said the driver was carjacked by his two passengers on First Ave. W. after they threatened him with a knife and handgun. The owner fled his own vehicle, and the two female suspects sped away.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/699126/police-ask-help-identifying-carjacking-suspects">Read More</a>paNOW699126Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:04:42 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertColdest Night of the Year 2018http://sasknow.com/article/699108/coldest-night-year-2018
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/cold_weather_2_canadian_press_4.jpeg?itok=S-myQVw9" width="480" height="270" alt="Organizers are asking the community to grab their mitts and toques Saturday early evening for a walk that highlights the plight of the city's homeless and hungry. " title="File photo/The Canadian Press" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>Have you wondered what it's like to be homeless and hungry in the city this time of year?</p>
<p>Prince Albert residents can have a taste of that experience Saturday at the annual Coldest Night of the Year community fundraising walk, with proceeds going to Prince Albert Community Meals Inc. While the forecast suggests Saturday night will be warmer than recent days, the significance of the occasion will not be lost on the participants.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/699108/coldest-night-year-2018">Read More</a>paNOW699108Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:00:00 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertSchool zones cleared during student breakhttp://sasknow.com/article/699029/school-zones-cleared-during-student-break
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/snowplowing_vehicles_0.jpg?itok=WydsTS8N" width="480" height="270" alt="Crews will take advantage of fewer vehicles around school zones during the student break this week to get on top of plowing before the spring run-off. " title="file photo/paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>School's out for the rest of the week, so city crews are getting on with their February snow clearing around every school in the city.</p>
<p>“We try and get into the school zones when the kids are out because all the vehicles that are [usually] parked around these areas aren’t there,” Brent Kennedy, the city’s roadways manager, said. “So we go in there this time of the year before the main run-off in spring.”</p>
<p>While there has been less thaw-freeze concerns for crews to contend with this winter the particularly low temperatures are still causing issues.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/699029/school-zones-cleared-during-student-break">Read More</a>paNOW699029Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:00:00 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertClose call in Midtownhttp://sasknow.com/article/699030/close-call-midtown
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/crash_tues.jpg?itok=zi9HQD-K" width="480" height="270" alt=" " title="Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>There were no injuries after two vehicles collided late Tuesday afternoon in Prince Albert's midtown area.</p>
<p>Around 4:30 p.m. a van and a truck crashed near the intersection of Eight Street East and Fifth Avenue East.</p>
<p>The Prince Albert Fire Department was on scene along with Parkland Ambulance and the Prince Albert Police Service.</p>
<p>The cause of the crash is unknown.<br />
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<p><a href="mailto:panews@jpbg.ca">panews@jpbg.ca</a></p>
<p>On Twitter: @princealbertnow</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/699030/close-call-midtown">Read More</a>paNOW699030Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:50:04 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertP.A. Police searching for missing woman http://sasknow.com/article/699001/pa-police-searching-missing-woman
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/Screen_Shot_2018-02-20_at_3.02.44_PM.png?itok=xVRtCPnm" width="480" height="270" alt="Brandy Busch was last seen on Feb. 12. " title="submitted photo/Prince Albert Police Service" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>Police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing woman.</p>
<p>Brandy Busch, 39, was reported missing from her residence on Feb. 18. She was last seen on Feb. 12. She was reported to have blonde hair, blue eyes, standing 5'5” tall and weighing 135 pounds.</p>
<p>If you know Busch's whereabouts, you are urged to contact the Prince Albert Police Service. To remain anonymous, you can contact Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers.</p>
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<p><a href="mailto:panews@jpbg.ca">panews@jpbg.ca</a></p>
<p>On Twitter: @princealbertNOW</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/699001/pa-police-searching-missing-woman">Read More</a>paNOW699001Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:04:33 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertLocal educator and volunteer to be inducted into Women's Hall of Famehttp://sasknow.com/article/698994/local-educator-and-volunteer-be-inducted-womens-hall-fame
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/Jeannette_eddolls.jpg?itok=kEbJljds" width="480" height="270" alt="Jeannette Eddolls will add the P.A.Council of Women's Hall of Fame to her list of accolades for her dedication to education and volunteerism. " title="File photo/paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>For Jeannette Eddolls, spending time helping the community is what you do if you have the time. “Otherwise," she said, "too much time can be spent with trivia.”</p>
<p>The life-long educator's numerous volunteer endeavours and selfless philosophy recently caught the attention of the Prince Albert Council of Women, who named Eddolls as their 2018 inductee into the Prince Albert Women's Hall of Fame.</p>
<p>“I was shocked and just totally surprised,” Eddolls told <em>paNOW</em> after hearing the news.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/698994/local-educator-and-volunteer-be-inducted-womens-hall-fame">Read More</a>paNOW698994Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:00:00 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertTeen charged with stealing vehicle, evading policehttp://sasknow.com/article/698991/teen-charged-stealing-vehicle-evading-police
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/prince_albert_police_car_%2810%29_46.jpeg?itok=AnThU-jF" width="480" height="270" alt=" " title="file photo/paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>A 15-year-old and a 57-year-old are the latest locals to receive charges after two separate incidents in Prince Albert over the weekend.</p>
<p>In the early morning of Feb. 18, members attended to a vehicle theft call. Officers found the stolen vehicle on the 300 block of 12 Street West, but the vehicle and driver fled.</p>
<p>Police attempted to contain the vehicle on Fifth Street East, but the driver attempted to evade officers and wound up putting the car into the ditch.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/698991/teen-charged-stealing-vehicle-evading-police">Read More</a>paNOW698991Tue, 20 Feb 2018 15:30:05 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertPrince Albert Police charge 3 after violent home invasionhttp://sasknow.com/article/698972/prince-albert-police-charge-3-after-violent-home-invasion
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/cl_-_winter_-_saskatchewan_provincial_court_justice_-_Dec._11%2C_2014_-3_10.JPG?itok=JO-ydsxl" width="480" height="270" alt="Saskatchewan Provincial Court. " title="file photo/paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>Prince Albert Police have two men in jail and are searching for a third in connection to a home invasion in the city earlier this month.</p>
<p>Michael Wiegers, 41, Cody Wiegers, 26, and Dion Michelle, 38, all face one charge of aggravated assault.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/698972/prince-albert-police-charge-3-after-violent-home-invasion">Read More</a>paNOW698972Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:00:00 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertTackling the gender pay gaphttp://sasknow.com/article/698881/tackling-gender-pay-gap
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/TJM_women_workplace_pay_desk_00003_0.jpg?itok=01PyqRpZ" width="480" height="270" alt="A new study found 60 per cent of Canadians believe that men and women are not paid equally for the same amount of work. " title="Tyler Marr/paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>Women are still over-represented in lower paid jobs in the national workforce, according to the Provincial Council of Women of Saskatchewan.</p>
<p>Randi Arnot, council president and partner in the Prince Albert law firm Arnot Heffernan Slobodian, spoke after a recent survey found more than 60 per cent of Canadians believe men and women are not paid equally for the same amount of work. Over 80 per cent of Canadians surveyed thought there should be laws to guarantee equal pay for equal work.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/698881/tackling-gender-pay-gap">Read More</a>paNOW698881Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:00:00 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertCanine checkups signal start to Canadian Challenge http://sasknow.com/article/698898/canine-checkups-signal-start-canadian-challenge
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/TJM_Canadian_Challenge_vet_check_dog_medical_race_sled_snow_0.jpg?itok=FPixo7PK" width="480" height="270" alt="Kate Robinson is the head veterinarian for the Canadian Challenge sled dog race. She was one of many assisting in pre-race vet checks Monday. " title="Tyler Marr/paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>Kate Robinson carefully places her hands around the torso of a dog and lets it take a few breaths. She feels around its back and neck. She then gently extends its legs back and forth with her hands around the joints.</p>
<p>Robinson is the head veterinarian for the Canadian Challenge sled dog race and was one of a handful of veterinarians picking up a stethoscope to examine each dog involved in the upcoming 270-mile trek during pre-race vet checkups Monday.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/698898/canine-checkups-signal-start-canadian-challenge">Read More</a>paNOW698898Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:40:28 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertWhat's on for Winter Festival, Family Day weekend in P.A.http://sasknow.com/article/698810/whats-winter-festival-family-day-weekend-pa
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/TJM_snow_carvings_sculptures_winter_festival.jpg?itok=AP0nNraz" width="480" height="270" alt="Winter Festival is underway in Prince Albert. " title="Tyler Marr/paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>Creativity and entertainment for residents will abound in Prince Albert for Family Day long weekend.</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/698810/whats-winter-festival-family-day-weekend-pa">Read More</a>paNOW698810Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:28:18 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertStudent uses first paycheque to buy surprise sneakers for fellow classmatehttp://sasknow.com/article/698750/student-uses-first-paycheque-buy-surprise-sneakers-fellow-classmate
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/TJM_4302_0.jpg?itok=Aeu8rkwy" width="480" height="270" alt="Tanner Svenson shoots some hoops Friday at Ecole St. Mary High School in his new shoes. " title="Tyler Marr/paNOW Staff" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>Caleb Hammond wanted to start off on the right foot with his first paycheque.</p>
<p>While Hammond was leaning towards purchasing himself a new pair of basketball shoes, his mind was changed by fellow player Tanner Svenson, an Ecole St. Mary High School classmate with high-functioning autism who only started shooting hoops this year.</p>
<p>“I was going to buy myself shoes, but then I saw Tanner and I was like, that is who deserves shoes, not me. I have shoes,” the 15-year-old said. “I might as well lift other people around me.”</p>
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<a href="http://sasknow.com/article/698750/student-uses-first-paycheque-buy-surprise-sneakers-fellow-classmate">Read More</a>paNOW698750Sat, 17 Feb 2018 12:07:00 -0600saskNOW - Prince AlbertCity appoints municipal Dutch Elm Disease inspectorhttp://sasknow.com/article/698746/city-appoints-municipal-dutch-elm-disease-inspector
<img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sasknow.com/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_rss/public/field/image/aes-_dead_tree__dutch_elm_disease_photo_courtesy_Brian_Poniatowski_ministry_of_enviro_2_0_0.jpg?itok=cYtj-nIp" width="480" height="270" alt="The city has appointed Forestry Foreman Ernie Marcotte as the city’s Dutch Elm Disease Municipal Inspector. " title="Submitted/Brian Poniatowski/Ministry of Environment" />
<p><strong>By paNOW</strong></p>
<p>Dutch Elm Disease (DED) is on Prince Albert’s doorstep and the city is making moves to protect its urban forest.</p>
<p>DED continues to be a pesky and costly problem for sections of the province, specifically the northeast. The disease clogs water-conducting tissue in branches and prevents water from getting to the leaves, ultimately killing the tree.</p>
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